''Gyrostemon ramulosus'' is a plant in the family

Gyrostemonaceae Gyrostemonaceae is a family of plants in the order Brassicales. It comprises 4(-6) genera, totalling about 20 known species. All are endemic to temperate parts of Australia. They are shrubs or small trees with small, often narrow leaves, and sma ...

. It was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1820. It is native to dry zones in Western and South of Australia.

Description

''Gyrostemon ramulosus'' grows to shrubs or trees to tall, with corky bark on the old branches; the leaves are slender. Male flowers have pedicels that curve backwards, reaching up to in length and width when fully open, featuring a distinctly lobed calyx with pointed lobes and multiple anthers arranged in several layers. Female flowers also possess backward-curving pedicels, reaching lengths of up to , with a distinctly lobed calyx where the lobes are either pointed or blunt. Each female flower typically contains 20-30 carpels, each with a stalkless stigma that spreads to form a crown above the ring of ovaries. These flowers bloom between May and September. The pale brown spherical fruits, measuring up to in length, develop from multiple seed segments.

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''Gyrostemon ramulosus'': Occurrence data
from the

Australasian Virtual Herbarium The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgama ...

Gyrostemonaceae Taxa named by René Louiche Desfontaines Plants described in 1820 Endemic flora of Australia {{Brassicales-stub